吻 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. くちびる。くちさき。くちもと。
  2. 物の出張った辺。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「口」+音符「勿」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

proboscis

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • フン
  • ブン
Kun (native)
  • くちわき
  • くちさき
Other languages
  • 拼音wen3
  • 한글mun
  • Hán-ViệtVẫn

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+543B

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口勿

Words using this kanji

  • ふんproboscis, snout
  • 吻合ふんごうcoincidence, conformity, anastomosis, inosculation
  • 吻殻綱ふんかくこうRostroconchia (class of extinct molluscs)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(13 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-4
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6702.0
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3d4.6
Heisig
2292
Nelson
892